Li An finally understood that the reason why Li Xiaolu stayed up all night to practice sewing skills was completely to embroider a purse for Li An, such a simple wish really moved Li An, made Li An feel pity, and wanted to cherish Li Xiaolu.

"My little beauty, the purse can be embroidered at any time, but if people are tired, it will be too much to lose, there is nothing more important than the human body, you must pay attention to protect your body, under any circumstances, you should not do anything that damages the body, come, close your eyes and sleep for a while, I will call you when you set off."

Li An said softly.

Although it was already time for breakfast at this time, Li Xiaolu, who had stayed up all night, must be very sleepy, that is, she would not have a little appetite at all, so it was better to let her take a good rest, and it would not be too late to eat when she felt hungry.

"Well, I'll sleep first."

Li Xiaolu was really tired, her eyes were about to be opened, and she fell asleep with her eyes closed.

Li An settled Li Xiaolu and went to the front tent to eat alone.

"Li Shilang, the people sent to Spain one step earlier have sent back the news, the Sultan Rahman of Spain, is very happy that our Datang mission can go, and will personally greet Li Shilang."

After Li An had eaten, his subordinates entered the big tent and reported.

Li An was slightly surprised, paused, and said: "Oh, this Rahman is so cooperative, it is really much beyond the official's expectations, hey, how can he be so cooperative?" Didn't you have a big temper before, and you actually had to crusade against the Ottomans. ”

The subordinate hurriedly replied: "What Li Shilang said is that when this Rahman first started, he was a little arrogant and disrespectful to our envoys, but when he saw our ironclad sports cars and well-equipped guards, his eyes were valued, and when our people told him that this was just the tip of the iceberg, and when Li Shilang's escort team had hundreds of ironclad cars and thousands of elite soldiers and horses, he completely changed his attitude and was very friendly to our people, and made it clear that Li Shilang would be very welcome to go, He really wanted to see the majesty of the main force of the Tang Dynasty. ”

After saying that, with a look of pride, as a Datang official, it is a very proud thing for the motherland to be admired by others, which is enough to make people excited.

"Huh! It turns out that this is such a thing, it seems that this Rahman is a lord who bullies the weak and fears the hard! ”

Ang Lee said with a smile.

For this kind of monarch who bullies the weak and is afraid of the hard, Li An is the most despised, of course, and at the same time, he is also very eager to meet, because such people are easy to deal with, as long as they show the strength of the Tang Empire, they can force them to submit.

In this way, he obediently obeyed Ang Lee's arrangement, served the global strategy of the Tang Empire, and contributed to the continued prosperity and stability of the Tang Empire.

"Yes, Li Shilang, since the southern expedition was thwarted by the Ottomans, Rahman no longer has the courage to continue to be the enemy of the Ottomans, and he is also very worried that the Ottomans will attack him, but because of his face and the noble status of the Sultan, he refuses to lower his status to sue for peace, and he is worried all day long, and many merchants in the capital have begun to sell their property and are ready to flee from Spain, a land of right and wrong."

The subordinate spoke.

When Li An heard this, he was naturally very happy, in this way, things will be easier to handle, Li An can take advantage of the opportunity of mediation to claim huge benefits from Spain, and Li An will not give up without digging up a piece of meat from the Spanish court.

"Send an order to let them get more detailed information about Spain, what kind of materials are needed, such as the distribution of minerals, the situation of ports, mountain and forest resources, field resources, and pond resources, these must be clarified, in addition, Rahman is an invader who entered Spain later, and he may not be recognized by everyone in Spain, and those who oppose Rahman must also be found out as soon as possible."

Li An opened his mouth and gave the order.

"Yes, my subordinates understand."

The subordinates answered and went to prepare.

After his subordinates left, Ang Lee was thinking about a question, a very important question, that is, whether to add an overseas base of Datang, the previous bases had five, namely the sea area of Malacca, the sea area of the Lion Kingdom, the sea area of West Tianzhu, the sea area of Aden City, and finally the sea area of the Datang Canal, a total of five overseas enclaves, which can play a huge role in controlling and maintaining global trade.

But at this moment, Li Anxin has another overseas enclave in his heart, which is a not very wide strait thousands of miles west of the future Datang Canal, also called the Strait of Gibraltar.

The strait was a very important maritime hub, and in later generations, many military powers tried to control this sea lane for their own great benefit.

After all, Gibraltar's position is too special, it directly controls the throat between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and cutting Gibraltar cuts off the connection between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and its importance can be imagined.

In later generations, there was a country called Britain that forcibly occupied Gibraltar, and never returned this land to Spain, so that this land became British land forever and became the only colony in Europe in later generations.

In order to solve this problem, Britain and Spain have conducted many rounds of consultations, Spain has never given up its claim to Gibraltar, and after the Second World War, it has strengthened its reconquest activities, and often consulted with Britain, but has never made substantial progress, and even seriously affected the relations between the two countries, and even the United Nations was alarmed, asking the two countries to resolve the issue of Gibraltar's ownership as soon as possible.

However, some things are indeed very difficult to solve, because the recovery of territory is not done by force, and Spain's strength is far inferior to that of Britain, and it is impossible to defeat Britain at all.

However, in the end, under international pressure, Britain agreed in principle to share Gibraltar with Spain, which seemed to be a good compromise and was favored by many countries in the United Nations.

However, this proposal of dual sovereignty was strongly opposed by the local government and residents of Gibraltar, and many local citizens of Gibraltar believed that Britain's agreement to share sovereignty was an act of betrayal of sovereignty, and in order to demonstrate to the two governments that the residents of Gibraltar were determined to maintain their status, the local government of Gibraltar announced a referendum.

The first referendum was held twice by the people of Gibraltar, the first time 99 per cent of the people were in favour of Gibraltar remaining in the United Kingdom, and only a very small number of people agreed to the return of Gibraltar to Spain, while the second referendum was held in which 88 per cent of the people of Gibraltar supported the retention of Gibraltar in the United Kingdom.

On both occasions, the number of inhabitants opposed to the joint administration of Gibraltar by the two countries was 99 per cent.

That is, the position of the inhabitants of Gibraltar against the Spanish regaining sovereignty over Gibraltar has not changed in any way.

The result of the referendum was a heavy blow to both the British and Spanish courts, and it sent a clear signal to the world that neither court could ignore the will of Gibraltar when it came to resolving the question of Gibraltar's ownership.

It showed that negotiations between the two countries on the question of the ownership of Gibraltar still had a long way to go, that Spain's decision to regain sovereignty over Gibraltar would not be altered as a result, and that it was clearly unlikely that the British court would be able to persuade the inhabitants of Gibraltar to change their minds anytime soon.

It may be difficult to understand why these people of Gibraltar are reluctant to return to their homeland. What is the reason for this, and why are they nostalgic for staying in England and opposing the return to Spain?

This is naturally because, when the British occupied Gibraltar, in order to be able to permanently control this important place in the future, they drove out all the Spanish natives who lived there, and then, a large number of immigrants from other places, so many of the people living in Gibraltar were not Spanish natives, so naturally there was no such thing as patriotism, which was also the main reason why it was difficult for Spain to recover this area.

In addition, people are profit-seeking, where there are interests, people will go, between Britain and Spain, the strength of Britain is slightly stronger, and Spain is relatively weaker, so that the local people who have been accustomed to being ruled by the British, of course, are not willing to join the Spanish court, and they are not fools, how can they willingly return to a relatively backward country.

In any era, any ordinary people, more still value their own interests, take their own interests as the most important, and achieve their own life goals as the highest priority, as for the interests of the country, more often it is also a kind of selfishness, that is, when patriotism is beneficial to themselves, everyone will choose to be patriotic, but if the country can be sold to get greater benefits, then many people's patriotism will be shaken, and they will think about how to seek the greatest interests for themselves.

As long as the two countries can obtain this land, they can obtain huge benefits, that is to say, as long as they can obtain this land, all the people of a country can obtain huge benefits, so that all the people are naturally patriotic, no one is stupid, and no one wants their country's anointed land to be invaded by other places, because there is also their own share.

However, if a foreign enemy gives a huge amount of money and asks a person to betray the motherland and steal the motherland's intelligence, then this person will be very likely to do this; after all, patriotism can bring too few benefits to oneself, while betraying the country to seek glory can obtain greater benefits for oneself.

Therefore, in the face of foreign invasion, there will be a large number of traitors in all countries, and the traitors of the Chinese Empire are even more massive, there are big traitors and small traitors, there are also particularly vicious traitors and traitors forced by life, in short, there are traitors everywhere like dogs, where there are people, there are traitors, and where there are interests, there are people who betray the motherland.

Of course, the people of Gibraltar, Spain in later generations, can not be described as traitors, of course, they cannot be called Western traitors, because most of them have never been Spaniards, since they came to Gibraltar, they are already British people, want them to change their country, they are naturally very reluctant, and even feel that the British court is betraying the country.

In other words, the land of Gibraltar used to be owned by Spain, but most of the people living in Gibraltar did not come from Spain, so this caused great trouble for Spain to recover Gibraltar, and it will be difficult to recover Gibraltar in the foreseeable future.

This has to be said to be a pity for the Spanish court, but there is no way! Who made the people of Gibraltar not the subjects of Spain? If they were all Spanish people, it is estimated that more people would be willing to return, and if Spain could be richer than England and could provide these people with better living conditions, then these people would also be willing to return to Spain.

In this way, everyone's land is connected together, and life after the return will be more convenient, and the economy can also develop faster and better, in short, the benefits are great.

But the people of Gibraltar are accustomed to being an Englishman, so it is difficult for them to accept a new identity, and their composition itself is very complicated, not a single Spanish descendant, just like letting a Chinese become a Japanese from now on, then his feelings are very difficult to accept, he will feel that this is too incredible, it is unimaginable, and he will be very angry.

In addition, there are many living habits that are difficult to change, for example, the traffic in the UK is to walk on the left, and the rest of the countries are to walk on the right, if it returns, it will take a lot of time to adapt to the change of traffic rules, not to mention other aspects of life, this is simply to be a new person, just like a baby, to start adapting to a different life again, and this will inevitably bring pain to the people.

For these reasons, the local people of Gibraltar are unwilling to return to Spain, they are willing to follow Britain out of Europe, rather than return to the arms of Spain, after all, they have belonged to Britain for hundreds of years, and their ancestors have adapted themselves to being British, and suddenly let them change their nationality, which is unacceptable in any case, dead or alive.

And such an example also gives Li An a good reminder that if Li An occupies the transportation hub of Gibraltar and immigrates here from the Tang Dynasty and the rest of the world, in this way, the land here will always belong to the Tang Empire, and it is impossible for anyone to regain the land here from the hands of the Tang Dynasty, and the land here will provide a steady stream of huge wealth for the children and grandchildren of the Tang Dynasty.